The Word Count
Welcome to the ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ writing journey podcast following 3 Aussie writers!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ is about writing a book to publication, what to expect once you are published and everything in between!!!
Each fortnight we check in, set new goals and hold each other accountable while having a laugh along the way in easy-to-listen episodes (under 30 minutes).
๐ Jo Dixon is the bestselling crime author of ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ค ๐ด๐๐ ๐โ๐๐ and ๐ด ๐โ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ด๐ก ๐โ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐, editing her third and writing her fourth novels.
๐ Fiona is writing a domestic thriller and is the host of ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ก where she interviews Australian authors.
๐ Jacq is writing cozy crime, short stories, middle grade, and picture books, and is the host of the internationally acclaimed, award-winning podcast ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ .
Follow @thewordcountpod on socials and wherever you love to listen and ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ for being here. We are so glad youโre following us as we write to publication - ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฒ & ๐๐ฐ ๐
The Word Count
Episode 9: All About Jo Dixon
Andโฆ weโre back! Join us for ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ of @๐ฉ๐๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ค๐ โจ
We canโt believe it is already 2024 and a new season!
Episode 1 can easily be summed up as ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐. Jo's second book A Shadow At The Door was published on 3rd Jan and this ep is both a celebration and a deep dive into what happens once a book is published!
(We also may not have let on to Jo it would all be about her, so her surprise & emotion are real ๐)
This episode also includes your favourite regular features: โ๏ธ The Accountability Check-in and โ๏ธ Setting goals for the next 2 weeks, as well as a shout-out to Kylie Orr, author of The Eleventh Floor and our new honorary member Holly B (youโll have to listen to find out what she is doing hanging out with us!)
EPISODE 9 is available wherever you love to listen. The link is also in our bio โจ
We love hearing your goals or whatever you think of the episodes so please let us know in the comments below. Don't forget to add your word for the year! - ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข, ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฒ & ๐๐ฐ ๐
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ is about writing a book to publication, what to expect once published, and everything in between. Each fortnight we check in, set goals, and have a lot of fun while we try to keep each other accountable on our journey to publication! ๐๐๐
Follow 3 Australian writers step-by-step as they write toward publication:
- Jo Dixon - bestselling author of The House Of Now & Then & A Shadow At The Door
- Fiona Taylor - host of the Reading By Candlelight pod, writing her first novel
- Jacq Ellem - host of internationally award-winning podcast Tales From Three Corners
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ! ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐บ-๐ต๐ฐ-๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด (๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ 30 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด) ๐